2022 Baseball Roster
Roster
Brad Cumbest
- Position:
- OF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-6 / 235
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hurley, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- East Central HS
- Major:
- Undeclared
Career Notes & Records
Career: Is a member of the Mississippi State football team as a tight end.
2022 (Senior Season)
Season: Started in all 56 games in LF (46) or CF (10)...Batted .303 with 64 hits, with 12 doubles and 15 home runs...Drove in 39 runs while reaching base on balls 12 times.
Long Beach State (2/18-20): In game two, went 3-for-4 with a double. Hit 1-for-4 in game three while driving in one RBI and scoring one run. Northern Kentucky (2/25-27): Hit .500 in the three game series...In game two, went 2-for-4 with a double and home run, driving in three RBIs. In game three, went 2-for-2 with two RBIs from a home run. Grambling (3/1): Hit a solo shot in the midweek bout. Tulane (3/4-6): In game one, went 2-for-4 with two doubles, while also driving in two runs. Princeton (3/11-13): Went 2-for-5 in game one, with a solo home run and a double. Georgia (3/18-20): Hit for a .462 avg in Athens... In game two, went 2-for-5 with a home run. Went 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs. Southern (3/23): In the midweek bout, hit 2-for-2 with a walk and home run. UT Martin (4/5): Went 3-for-3 with a double and a solo homer while scoring three total runs. Auburn (4/14-16): Hit .538 against the Tigers...Went 4-for-5 in game two with a double and a three run home run. Ole Miss (4/21-23): Went 7-for-13 in the series...Went 4-for-5 in the second game with two doubles and three runs scored...In game three, hit 2-for-5 with a solo home run while reaching on a walk. Texas A&M (5/13-15): Hit .500 in College Station...Went 3-for-4 in game one with a RBI double and three run home run.
2021 (Junior Season)
Season: Appeared in 49 games with 33 starts...hit .306 with 37 hits, produced 21 RBIs and scored 23 runs...hit nine doubles, two triples and five home runs...drew nine walks and stole two bases.
State Farm College Baseball Showdown (2/20-22): Hit an RBI single in the first inning of game three vs. Texas Tech (2/22). Southern Miss (3/3): Doubled and tripled and with a run scored in the midweek matchup. Grambling (3/9): Went 3-for-3 with three runs scored. Eastern Michigan (3/12-14): Singled and produced an RBI via walk in game one. Arkansas (3/26-28): Hit .667 during the series...hit 2-for-2 in game two...went 2-for-4 in game three with an RBI-single in the fourth inning. Southern (4/6): Went 2-for-2 with a solo home run and two runs scored. Arkansas State (4/13): Singled and homered with two runs scored in four at-bats. UAB (4/20): Doubled and scored a run in the eighth inning after subbing in the game in the sixth. Texas A&M (4/30-5/1): Hit .333 during the series with a home run, double and two singles...four RBIs and four runs scored with a walk and a stolen base...doubled and scored the tying run in the ninth inning of game one...went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run and an RBI-single, scored three runs, drew a walk and stole a base. The Citadel (5/5): Hit .383 while collecting four RBIs, two hits and one run through four at bats. Homered to left to go up 8-1. South Carolina (5/7-5/9): Through 11 at bats, collected one walk, one RBI and one hit throughout the three-game series. Missouri (5/13-15): Between the second and third game of the three game series, saw five at bats… collected one double on one hit and one putout. Samford (6/4): Through four at bats, collected one hit, one double on one hit and scored one run. VCU (6/5): Homered in the fourth inning to go up 4-1 in the overall team victory of 16-4. Campbell (6/7): Collected one hit and one run through four at bats during the extra-inning victory of 6-5. Notre Dame (6/12-6/14): Hit .416 throughout the three-game series…collected one double that brought in a run to put the team up 9-2 in the series finale. 2021 College World Series (6/19-6/30): Hit a triple to collect one RBI in the 2-1 victory vs. Texas (6/20)... Helped the team in fielding with two putouts to win 6-5 vs. Virginia (6/22)... Through four at bats, received two RBIs on a single and collected two putouts vs. Texas (6/25)...Hit a double and scored one run during the team’s victory of 4-3 vs. Texas (6/26)... Collected a combined three putouts and one hit during the series finale vs. Vanderbilt (6/28-6/30).
2020 (Sophomore Season)
Season: Appeared in 11 games with six starts...Three starts each came in right field and left field...Homered against Alcorn State (2/26)...Went 1-for-3 as a pinch hitter...Doubled in a pinch-hit at-bat versus Wright State (2/15).
Wright State (2/14-16): Appeared in the first two games of the series...Entered as a defensive replacement in the season opener...Went 1-for-2 with a double in the middle game of the series. Oregon State (2/21-23): Appeared in the first two games of the series with one start...Started the series opener in right field...Entered as a pinch runner in the middle game of the series. Alcorn State (2/26): Drew the start in left field...Homered to lead off the second inning. at Long Beach State (2/28-3/1): Started the series opener in left field. Quinnipiac (3/6-8): Appeared in all three games with one start...Entered each of the first two games as a pinch hitter...Drew a walk in the series opener...Started the series finale in left field. vs. Texas Tech (3/10-11): Started both games of the two-game, neutral site series...Went 1-for-4 with a run scored in the opener...Singled and scored the first MSU run of the game in the fifth inning.
2019 (Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in 33 games with eight starts...Made six starts at designated hitter and two in right field...Collected his first-career RBI with a pinch-hit single against Youngstown State (2/16)...Made his first-career start in the series finale against Auburn (3/24) at designated hitter...Started in right field versus Ole Miss (4/23) in the Governor’s Cup...Hit his first collegiate home run against South Carolina (5/16)...Owned a season-long reached base streak of four games from April 5-12...Posted hits in back-to-back games on two occasions...Produced three multi-hit games and two multi-RBI contests...Drove in the game winning one once: Alabama (4/12)...Was 2-for-10 as a pinch hitter.
Youngstown State (2/15-16): Appeared in every game of the three-game series...Made his MSU debut in game one as a defensive substitution in right field...Pinch hit in game two and tallied two at-bats...Singled and drove in an RBI...Struck out in lone game three at-bat. Jackson State (2/26): Reached on an error as a pinch hitter to register an RBI...Scored first collegiate run. Southeastern Louisiana (2/27): Walked and scored in lone pinch-hit at-bat. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/6): Pinch-hit and doubled in his lone plate appearance. Maine (3/8-10): Came into game one as a defensive replacement in right field. Auburn (3/22-24): Appeared in the final two games of the series...Started the series finale for his first collegiate start...Doubled in a pinch hit appearance in the middle game of the series...Went 3-for-6 in the series finale...Doubled, scored and drove in one RBI. LSU (3/28-30): Appeared in the final two games of the series...Pinch hit and walked in the middle game of the series...Had one at bat in the series finale. ULM (4/3): Started at designated hitter...Went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored...Posted two fourth-inning singles, driving in two runs on the second base hit of the inning...Also singled in the fifth. at Tennessee (4/5-7): Appeared in two games with one start...Started the series opener at designated hitter...Singled and scored a run in the 11th inning of the opening game in the series...Entered the series finale as a pinch hitter...Was hit by a pitch and scored the eventual winning run in the sixth inning. Alabama (4/12/14): Appeared in all three games with two starts at designated hitter...Went 2-for-3 with one RBI in the series opener...Drove in the first run of the game with a single in the first inning. at Arkansas (4/18-20): Appeared in the first two games of the series...Started the middle game of the series at designated hitter. vs. Ole Miss (4/23): Made the start in right field. Georgia (4/26-28): Appeared in two games off the bench...Came on to play right field in the series opener...Went 1-for-1 with an RBI double in the series opener...Also scored a run...Came on as a pinch runner in the series finale. at Ole Miss (5/10-12): Entered as a pinch runner and played right field in the series finale. Louisiana Tech (5/14): Started in right field...Walked once in three plate appearances. South Carolina (5/16-18): Appeared in two games in the series...Went 1-for-2 with a hit-by pitch in the series opener...Hit his first-career home run in the eighth inning, a three-run shot...Appeared in the series finale as a defensive replacement. SEC Tournament (5/22-24): Appeared in two games as a defensive replacement. NCAA Starkville Regional (5/31-6/2): Appeared in two games as a defensive replacement...Saw time against Southern (5/31) and Central Michigan (6/1) in right field.
High School
Lettered four times for head coach Bo Long at East Central High School...Earned all-state, all-district and all-conference in baseball as a junior and senior...Helped East Central to the Mississippi High School Activities Association Final Four as a senior...Guided ECHS to a school-record 24 wins as a senior...Also lettered twice in football...Helped East Central to a 13-1 record, a South State title and an appearance in the 4A MHSAA Championship Game as a senior...Amassed 66 receptions for 1,359 yards and 15 touchdowns as a tight end/wide receiver in two seasons.
Personal
Born Robert Bradford Cumbest on July 13, 2000...Son of Christa and Kenny Cumbest...Has one younger brother, Bryce...Undeclared.
